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The Wisdom of the Cross - May 10, 2020 Cross Message to Early Christians Warren W. Wiersbe wrote, “Calvary is not only the place of atonement; it is also the place of amazement. Are we so familiar with the cross that we no longer pause to wonder and to worship? Are we able to explain Calvary so completely that n mysteries remain?” (Prokope, Nov-Dec 1990, Vol VII, No 5) Our objective is not just to think about the portrayals of the cross – we want to encounter the power of the cross for our everyday experience! Today we begin by examining one of the occasions in which Paul taught the The Wisdom of the Cross - May 10, 2020 cross message to early Christians. Let’s think first about the wisdom of the cross. Our passage is I Corinthians 1:18-25. OPEN Paul was writing to a fractured church! So, he gave a focused message. “I determined to know mothering among you except Jesus Christ, and Him Soon, our congregation will gather for worship at Webster’s Corners crucified….not in persuasive words of wisdom…but we speak God’s wisdom in th Elementary School, at the corner of 256 Street and Dewdney Trunk Road. a mystery…” (I Corinthians 2:2,4,7) This is “Webster’s Corners”. It is named for James Murray Webster who was born in Scotland. In 1882 he established his 160 acre homestead there. Don’t Let us look at this mysterious wisdom of the cross. Three thoughts emerge forget the “s” on “Corners”. At that time, to qualify for “Corners” there had to be from this passage… four of them – a full intersection! READ MORE [A] The cross creates contradiction - vv. 18-21 DIG When the cross of Jesus is presented, it pits two opposing ideas against each For the next four weeks we are going to examine “Four Corners of the Cross”. other. The “word [message] of the cross” is literally the “logos” of the cross – Of course, over the centuries, artists and artisans have expressed the symbol the truth, in all its completeness, of Jesus Christ’s death, burial, and of the cross in a variety of ways. resurrection – the Gospel (I Corinthians 15:3-4). On one hand, there are those for whom the death of Jesus on the cross is foolish. Why is the cross nonsense to “those who are perishing”? We must Maltese Cross - It was used in history for orders of knights and now for remember that living outside of Jesus and lost in one’s sins is “not how bad we modern honors. Of course, it is used widely by the island country of Malta. are but how good we’re not” (Clayton Dougan). Or as Alan Redpath puts it, “the perishing” are experiencing an “entire failure to be what God intends man to be.” (Royal Route to Heaven, Revell, 1960, 22) Because of our sinful nature, humanity apart from the gracious intervention of God, cannot see the wisdom of the cross. I Corinthians 1:19 has a reference to Isaiah 29:13-14: Cross of Lorraine - It was used for heraldry and is on the Slovac Republic coat of arms. It is well known as a symbol of the American Lung Association. Then the Lord said, “Because this people draw near with their words and honor Me with their lip service, but they remove their hearts far from Me, and their reverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote, therefore behold, I will once again deal marvelously with this people, wondrously Jerusalem Cross - Containing four Greek crosses in the corners of a central marvelous; and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and th cross, it was used in the Kingdom of Jerusalem (13 C) coat of arms. the discernment of their discerning men will be concealed. There are many, many more ways that the cross of Jesus has been crafted In contrast, those who “are being saved” are experiencing the ongoing and celebrated over the centuries. As a result, it is easy to get more than a regenerating power of God. This is all due to the work that Jesus little distracted by all the symbolism! Let’s never forget, the cross was an accomplished on the cross. Of all people, the Corinthians needed to be saved! instrument of execution. When we feature the cross of Christ it should They lived in a city saturated by many false “wisdoms”. always point to the selfless sacrifice of His life for us. • Politics Corinth was in a Roman colony and was the seat of “What’s important is that Christ did not come into the world to suffer and die but Roman government in that area release the divine spark of light imprisoned within us. As we seek enlightenment, we can escape from the body at death and be united to the • Finance it was centrally located for Greek commerce, a proud divine.” (116) And this, ironically, is foolish. and wealthy place • Athletics The city sponsored the biennial Isthmian games • Religion Pluralistic interest in many kinds of pagan rituals Which expression of hopelessness is more prevalent today? Are people more likely to ignore the Gospel because they • Philosophy The Greek culture was enamored with searching for cannot “see” it or because they cannot “reason” it? wisdom Sound familiar? Just like Corinth, people today continue to seek a “secret” that [C] The cross produces power - vv. 24-25 will unlock the pain or confusion of life. And just like Paul challenged the Corinthians, “Where is the wise man?” people today need to be challenged As we see in verse 23, the message of the cross is the message of Jesus about their false wisdoms. Teasingly Paul taught that it was through the Christ crucified in our place…and it includes His burial and victorious “foolishness of the message preached” (v. 21) that God’s grace trumps efforts resurrection. This Good News of atonement and redemption blesses everyone of humanity. who believes, regardless of ethnicity. What is key, is that we have been called by God (v. 24) which is a descriptor of His grace towards the believing heart. Notice some more sarcasm in Paul’s writing. In verse 25 he declared that when it comes to solving our sin problem, the foolishness and weakness of Can you share an example of this contradiction – a time when one God overcomes the wisdom and power of humanity. This begs the question: person saw the wisdom of the cross yet another considered it foolish? will we cling to our hopeless efforts or embrace the cross? Think of all the power being produced at the Stave Lake Power House. [B] The cross highlights hopelessness - vv. 22-23 Imagine if we do not “plug in” and “switch on”. Then all the electricity that has been generated will remain ineffective in our lives, which is foolishness. But As we have noted, apart from Christ, mankind has no ability to be all that God when we actively trust in the power available, we benefit from it. created us to be. In fact, as we learn from Isaiah 64:6, the best that we can do – our righteousness – is but filthy rags! In verses 22-23 we read of two very Similarly, though the cross has produced the energy to save us, we must typical expressions of hopelessness, exemplified by two ethnic groups. embrace it. Then, as we read in verse 24, Christ crucified becomes the power and wisdom of God to us! When we are “in Christ” and following Jesus, He • Jews looked for signs makes sense, His power is at work in us, and we are at peace! In expecting to see a sign, the Jewish mindset was “prove it…I must observe with my senses”! This can be quite an expression of hopelessness. As a result, Christ has become a “stumbling block” to the Jewish mind. They looked for miraculous signs to attest to His message. Yet when they saw them, they What are ways that people observe or even admire the still did not believe! Perhaps their greatest disappointment in the first Century Gospel yet remain unchanged by it? was that Jesus was not the powerful, political deliverer they expected. • The Greeks looked for wisdom REFLCT The hopelessness from the Greek mindset was “explain it…I must reason with What do you think of the cross? Is it just an artifact of history? Is it just my mind”! As a result, the cross was foolishness – literally, “moronic” – to the symbolic? Or is does it declare God’s amazing wisdom in sending His Son to non-Jewish mentality. In his book, Christ Among Other Gods, Erwin Lutzer save us from our sins? Isaac Watts put it this way: gives a description of the human-wisdom-based concept of the cross: When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, and pour contempt on all my pride. II Corinthians 5:14-15 tells us, “For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf.” We must not settle to observe the cross. We must become participants. As Watt’s wrote in the last verse of his hymn… Were the whole realm of nature mine, that were a present far too small; Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all. Here are two songs about the cross of Christ sung by Kathryn Scott.
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